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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Isao Endo, Hachioji, JP;
Hiroyuki Yamada, Hachioji, JP;
Assignee:
Konica Corporation, , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 2/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 2/100 ;
Abstract
An electrophotographic image forming apparatus is disclosed which has a cleaning unit with a cleaning roller that contacts the surface of the photoreceptor, a bias voltage applying device which applies a bias voltage to the cleaning roller, and a flat, board-shaped cleaning blade. The blade has an elastic body and a leading edge which contacts the surface of the photoreceptor downstream from the cleaning roller.